A side-by-side look at the Brutalist MCP and Skills Anywhere MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Brutalist MCP for coding agents work as a local process; choose Skills Anywhere for coding agents as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AGY_BIN, BRUTALIST_MCP_SERVERS, BRUTALIST_CODEX_ALLOW_MODEL_OVERRIDE.roast, roast_cli_debate, cli_agent_roster.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | B Brutalist MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Coding Agents | Coding Agents |
| Quality signal | 63/100 · Good | 47/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | other | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | AGY_BINBRUTALIST_MCP_SERVERSBRUTALIST_CODEX_ALLOW_MODEL_OVERRIDE | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 14 | 6 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Brutalist MCP | View Skills Anywhere |
roastReview a path and context using a selected domain.roast_cli_debateHave two critics defend explicit opposing positions.cli_agent_rosterReport detected critics and model configuration.brutalist_discoverSuggest domains from an `intent` string.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"brutalist-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@brutalist/mcp@latest"
],
"env": {
"AGY_BIN": "YOUR_AGY_BIN_HERE",
"BRUTALIST_MCP_SERVERS": "YOUR_BRUTALIST_MCP_SERVERS_HERE",
"BRUTALIST_CODEX_ALLOW_MODEL_OVERRIDE": "YOUR_BRUTALIST_CODEX_ALLOW_MODEL_OVERRIDE_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"skills-anywhere": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"dsh-skills-anywhere@0.19.0"
]
}
}
}